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Food Recovery and Gleaning Food recovery and gleaningwholesome food for distribution to the poor and hungry. It follows a basic humanitarian ethic that has least as far as biblical days. Today, the terms and food recovery are often used interchangeably and cover a variety of different methods of food collection. Federally-Insured Crops can reduce food losses that begin in the field.gleaning is the collection of crops from farmers fields that have already been harvested or fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest. This term can also be used to describe the donation of agricultural products that have already been harvested and are being stored at a farm or packing house. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation encourages and promotes ance program and is not a complete policy. For further information and an evaluation of your risk management needs, contact a crop insurance agent. United States Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency 2009 INSURANCE FACT SHEET July 2008 Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington Gleaning Reference Guidance Materials Various program materials are available to provide guidance information for interested parties and/or individuals: USDA's Citizen's Guide to Food RecoveryAvailable online at: www.usda.gov/news/pubs/gleaning/content.htm Public Law 104-210, Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, USDA Risk Management Agency Loss Adjustment Manual, paragraph 94, Titled: Gleaned Acreage RMA Manager Bulletin 99-023 (dated 6-28-99) Public Law 105-19, Volunteer Protection Act of Producers who wish to donate their damaged crops for gleaning purposes should contact their insurance agent and loss adjuster before allowing volunteers on to their fields to ensure equitable claims are paid. It is important that the insurance provider first determines the amount of crop damage before any gleaning activities are performed. Volunteer organizations requesting additional information about the opportunity to glean local crops, may contact the local USDA Service Center or private crop insurance agent. A list of crop insurance agents is available on the RMA website: http://www3.rma.usda.gov/tools/agents/ USDA/Risk Management Agency/Spokane Regional Office - 11707 E Sprague Ave #201 Spokane, WA 99206 Telephone 509 228-6320 - Fax 509 228-6321 warso@rma.usda.gov Download Copies from the Web Visit our online publications/fact sheets page at: http://www.rma.usda.gov/pubs/#bfr. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibitsin all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic al, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with dis-abilities who require alternative means for communication of pro-gram information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination write to: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.